Reliability of tomographic 3D ultrasound in measuring internal carotid artery plaque volume.
Adel AlzahraniSalahaden R SultanMohammed AslamPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2023)
t3DUS is a reproducible imaging method and showed excellent agreement with the reference standard with respect to measuring CPV. These findings suggest that t3DUS has the potential to be a valuable non-invasive tool for assessing carotid plaque burden and predicting the risk of stroke.
Keyphrases
- internal carotid artery
- middle cerebral artery
- coronary artery disease
- high resolution
- atrial fibrillation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk factors
- human health
- computed tomography
- cerebral ischemia
- cone beam
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- ultrasound guided
- brain injury
- climate change
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- photodynamic therapy